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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: dorathymatip@gmail.com
Date: 19 Oct 2021 05:18:43 +0200
Subject: hello dear

My Dear
I am more than happy to send this message to you with all hope
that you are safe and happy over there , distance and religion
does not matter to me, all I need is your sincere care, trust and
assistance. There has been increased fighting and massive
killings of people because of Division and freedom of AMBAZONIA

https://www.hrw.org/node/320434/printable/print

https://www.voanews.com/africa/thousands-flee-violence-cameroons-english-speaking-regions


Like I said in my previous entry, my name is Helen Zogro, I am
from Bamenda Southern Cameroon in Africa. Presently I am living
in a Refugee home in a Christian Mission in Senegal due to the
ongoing in my country which has claimed the life of my Father, my
Mother, and my sister were raped to death. I managed to escape
with the help of the red cross society who brought me to Senegal.

My late father was a businessman, an exporter of COCOA when he
was alive. He deposited some amount of money in Bank which he
used as my name as the Next of Kin. The amount in question is
$3.5 Million USD (Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars). I
have contacted the bank recently to allow me access to the money
in order to help myself out from here. The bank replied and
advised me to look for someone to stand on my behalf for them to
transfer the money to his or her position because my present
status as a Refugee home does not permit them to deal directly
with me. My late father stated that I must get to 35years or get
a wise partner who can help me invest this money wisely

I have been praying and fasting over this issue and after my
fasting and prayer asking God to lead me to a Trustworthy person
who will help me, I decided to contact you. I would like you to
help me transfer this money to your account and from it you send
some money for me to get my traveling documents and air ticket to
come over to meet with you for a better life. I will give you 30%
for helping me. I am afraid of losing my life and the money if
people get to know about it. Remember I am giving you all this
information due to the trust I deposed in you.

If you want to speak with me You can call through the telephone,
the person in the office is a Reverend His name is Rev Mark
Murantah, Telephone number is (+221707684471 )) If you call and
tell him that you want to speak with Helen from Cameroon he will
send for me. My favorite language is English.

Regards,
Yours Dorathy

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